But much now me marveleth.
Rich. the Redeless.
Mar"vel*ous (?), a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux.
See Marvel, n.] [Written also marvellous.] 1. Exciting wonder or
surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
Ps. cxiii. 23.
2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power;
incredible.
The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and
especially the machines of the gods.
Pope.
The marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural;
that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the probable.
Syn. -- Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable;
incredible. -- Marvelous, Wonderful. We speak of a thing as wonderful
when it awakens our surprise and admiration; as marvelous when it is so
much out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite
incredible.
Mar"vel*ous*ly, adv. In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.
Mar"vel*ous*ness, n. The quality or state of being marvelous;
wonderfulness; strangeness.
Mar"ver (?), n. [Prob. corrupt. fr. OE. or F. marbre marble.] (Glass
Marking) A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is
rolled to give it shape.
Mar"y (?), n. Marrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ma"ry (?), interj. See Marry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ma"ry-bud` (?), n. (Bot.) The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.
Shak.
Ma`ry*ol"a*try (?), n. Mariolatry.
Ma"ry*sole (?), n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zoöl.) A
large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also
carter, and whiff.
{ Mas*ca"gnin (?), Mas*ca"gnite (?), } n. [Cf. F. mascagnin.] (Min.)
Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named
from Mascagni, who discovered it.
Mas"cle (ms"k'l), n. [OF. mascle, F. macle, L. macula spot, mesh of a
net, LL. macula, macla, mascla a scale of a coat of mail. See Mail
armor.] (Her.) A lozenge voided.
Mas"cled (-k'ld), a. Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped
scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.
Mascled armor, armor composed of small lozenge-shaped scales of metal
fastened on a foundation of leather or quilted cloth.
{ Mas"cot, Mas"cotte } (?), n. [Through French fr. Pr. mascot a little
sorcerer or magician, mascotto witchcraft, sorcery.] A person who is
supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she
belongs; anything that brings good luck.
Mas"cu*late (?), v. t. [L. masculus male, masculine.] To make strong.
[Obs.] Cockeram.
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Mas"cu*line (ms"k*ln), a. [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly,
dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See Male masculine.] 1. Of the
male sex; not female.
Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
Chaucer.
2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a
man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a
masculine energy.
Hallam.
3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] "A
masculine church." Fuller.
4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words
pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine
and neuter. See Gender. -- Mas"cu*line*ly, adv. -- Mas"cu*line*ness, n.
Mas`cu*lin"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being masculine;
masculineness.
Mase (?), n. & v. See Maze. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mas"e*lyn (?), n. A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ma"ser (?), n. Same as Mazer.